A Taste of Tusán by Jenny Duan

This episode explores the story of Lima’s Tusán—Peruvian Chinese—community, examining their influence on Peruvian culture and identity through Chifas, restaurants serving Peruvian-Chinese cuisine. From the history of Chinese immigration to Peru to today’s Barrio Chino (Chinatown), I consider what it means to assimilate, belong, and transform.

 

Featured Interviewees:
● Rodrigo Campos, Founder of Tusanaje
● Diana Hu Huang, Mandarin Chinese Teacher
● Linda Liu, Master’s Student
● Antonio Chang Diplomat and Historian
Non-Featured Interviewees:
● Boya Li, PhD. Journalist, Historian
● Dennis Chu, Owner of Flor de Mayo Restaurant in NYC
● Lok Siu, PhD. Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley
● Sutee Dee, Author of How to Eat in Peru Blog
● Tiffany Wang, prev. Researcher at Swarthmore
Research Referenced:
● https://www.pewresearch.org/2024/08/06/chinese-americans-a-survey-data-snapshot/#:~:t
ext=About%204.7%20million%20Chinese%20Americans,born.
● https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/25/247166284/a-history-of-indentured-
labor-gives-coolie-its-sting
● https://www.thecleaverquarterly.com/stories/chifa-diaries
● https://www.howtoeatinperu.com/p/four-things-that-i-missed-about-peru
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Peruvians
● https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/chinese-peruvian-tusan-immigrants-history
● https://www.tusanaje.org/biblioteca/items/show/15
● https://panoramas.secure.pitt.edu/health-and-society/chinatown-peru-brief-look-chinese-d
iaspora-latin-america
● https://works.swarthmore.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1599&context=theses
● https://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/fabiana_1.html
● https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00598155/document
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Luz_incident
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Peruvians
● https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.
0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-1023?p=emailAaYgy7EkN7aao&d=/10.1093/acrefore/
9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-1023
● https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/the-evolution-and-preservation-of-chinese-peruvian-ide
ntity/